Example sentences of "[prep] least be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least be more energetic than usual . |
| 2 | At least be flattered that I chose you to tell the truth to . ’ |
| 3 | Fairly sure they at least are untouched by time . |
| 4 | Some countries at least are recognising the extreme dangers of drift-net fishing . |
| 5 | There are also composition sub-groups which for Valencia at least are related to quality of the wares . |
| 6 | They at least are aware of the potential of relationships between the different levels and may be forging some co-operative links between them . |
| 7 | Then , when the children at least are independent , life comes full circle , and ageing or ill parents and other relatives need their attention . |
| 8 | Work will then start as soon as possible so that major conurbations at least are cabled by 1986 . |
| 9 | Clergy in the Church of Wales at least are spared this ; their disqualification , if any , was removed by the Welsh Church Act 1914 . |
| 10 | Those Christians who belong to the sort of council of churches where passionate debates take place about atomic war , South Africa , police brutality , racism and urban decay may think that they at least are closer to the real action . |
| 11 | Four of these scenes at least are highly significant . |
| 12 | The individual blooms can be single , semi-double , or fully double like the typical H.T. — although normally just a little smaller — and the clusters succeed each other almost continuously , or at least are recurrent , from early summer to November . |
| 13 | The following program styles at least are available ; a single program may employ more than one . |
| 14 | The same would not be true of independent schools , which at least are well resourced . |
| 15 | The numerous surveys of ( their own ) " temps " conducted by agencies supplying secretarial and office staff ( see , for example , Alfred Marks , 1982 ; Reed , 1986 ; Manpower , 1986 ) , whilst suffering from selectivity bias and/or containing leading questions , show that a substantial proportion of " temps " are looking for permanent jobs ; but they also suggest that some of these at least are using their experience of temporary jobs to find out what sort of permanent work they would like . |
| 16 | Effectively this means that some students at least are initially anxious at the prospect of any language work with a grammatical focus which does not include a formalisation of the data and a description of the rules by the teacher . |
| 17 | This protest song suggests that some at least are aware of the mercury menace and the plight of the rivers and are calling for action . |
| 18 | Magistrates who are unused in public at least are criticizing the police , they say their policy has gone too far . |
| 19 | We also know that A and B are not in the same place ( or at least are at some distance from one another ) . |
| 20 | But the orphans are still there in the same orphanages and some people at least are not going to forget them . |
| 21 | We know that er sixteen schools at least are taking part at the Cotswold Wildlife Park , er we know of at least ten at the walk at Broughton Park , er we 've got er students from polytechnics , Brownies , Guides , Headington Slimmers Magazine Club have registered a team , the advisory centre for multicultural education , Oxford City courier newspaper are promising to send teams . |
| 22 | In their villages of origin the women had been regarded as contributing less to the economic position of the family than the men , but they had at least been recognised as crucial to the economic life of the community . |
| 23 | The weary visitor would sigh with relief that the production had at least been cut to two hours , and head for the nearest library where she might enjoy reading about the buried feminine aspects of the play . |
| 24 | Cuba 's investment , and its scientists , have at least been taken seriously . |
| 25 | His predecessor , Sir William Heseltine , had at least been fresh blood . |
| 26 | If problems develop later and there are representations to the education office the administrators will have at least been forewarned . |
| 27 | Her mother had always bought her clothes , or at least been with her to help her choose them : summer dresses had been plain grey or blue , the blue ones often with a small check in them . |
| 28 | Now the object of a handful of inquiries into influence-peddling and the mismanagement of taxpayers ' money , the EPA has at least been able to claim that its science is pure . |
| 29 | The steady erosion from astronomical to merely high has at least been good for morale : a further cut after the holidays might just jolly people into voting Tory if there were to be an autumn election . |
| 30 | ‘ I wish he 'd at least been honest with me and I could have divorced him . |